Reuniting six days on from a frenetic Champions League last-16 first leg at the Parc des Princes, Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain do battle in front of what is sure to be a raucous Anfield atmosphere on Tuesday night.
The Premier League leaders were seen as the favourites to win the opening encounter in the French capital, and win they did by a goal to nil, but some Reds fans may still be scratching their heads as to how their side came up trumps last week.
Thanks to Alisson Becker making nine saves - his personal record in a single game for Liverpool - Arne Slot's men survived a wave of attacks from the Ligue 1 champions before Harvey Elliott showed Luis Enrique's men how it is done with an 87th-minute winner.
Liverpool also had to survive a few scares in Saturday's Premier League showdown with Southampton, fighting back in the second half to prevail 3-1, while a rotated PSG side triumphed 4-1 at Rennes to continue their own surge towards domestic glory.
Ahead of Tuesday's Champions League last-16 second leg, Sports Mole looks at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two European giants.
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Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 5
PSG wins: 2
Draws: 0
Liverpool wins: 3
Little can separate Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool in the head-to-head column, from their five previous meetings in European competition so far, the Reds have three wins compared to Les Parisiens' two.
Liverpool edged ahead in the victories column in March 2025, somehow prevailing 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, as Harvey Elliott scored the winner while Alisson Becker put in one of the tournament's extraordinary goalkeeping displays.
The Reds' journey to Champions League glory in the 2018-19 season also commenced with victory over Thomas Tuchel's PSG, who visited Anfield for their opening group-stage showdown but came out on the wrong end of a 3-2 scoreline.
Les Parisiens had seemingly done enough for a point as Kylian Mbappe punished Liverpool's inability to kill the game off, but Roberto Firmino came off the bench to net a last-gasp winner in front of the fervent away crowd.
However, PSG had their revenge a couple of months later, conquering Liverpool 2-1 at the Parc des Princes as the electrifying attack of Edison Cavani, Neymar and Mbappe ran Jurgen Klopp's backline ragged.
PSG and Liverpool's 2018-19 Champions League reunion marked just the second time that the two continental giants had met in competitive action, having first crossed paths during the semi-finals of the 1996-97 European Cup Winners' Cup.
The first-ever meeting between Les Parisiens and the Reds was not much of a contest, as PSG stormed to a 3-0 win in the first leg of that semi-final courtesy of goals from Leonardo, Benoit Cauet and Jerome Leroy.
Roy Evans's Liverpool threatened an almighty second-leg turnaround at Anfield two weeks later, as Robbie Fowler and Mark Wright breached the Parisiens' backline, but PSG still prevailed 3-2 on aggregate before losing to Barcelona in the final.
Having netted penalties in both of Liverpool's clashes with PSG in the 2018-19 season, James Milner is the highest individual scorer in this fixture with two strikes to his name.
Last five meetings
Mar 05, 2025: PSG 0-1 Liverpool (Champions League Last 16 First Leg)
Nov 28, 2018: PSG 2-1 Liverpool (Champions League Group Stage)
Sep 18, 2018: Liverpool 3-2 PSG (Champions League Group Stage)
Apr 24, 1997: Liverpool 2-0 PSG (UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Semi-Final Second Leg)
Apr 10, 1997: PSG 3-0 Liverpool (UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Semi-Final First Leg)
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